meee wrote:*Taking Cuttings
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*Prepare a cutting survival kit (collapsible cooler bag, plastic bag,
secateurs, spray bottle). Select good quality propagation material.
Cutting material should be pliable, but not too soft. Some leaves should
be left attached, but no buds or flowers should remain. Store cutting
material in the refrigerator until you find time to propagate it. Always
make the base cut of your cutting below a node or leaf joint.

Hygiene is important! Wash all pots and tools in hot, soapy water before
use. Use hormone powder for a greater strike rate, quicker root
formation and more roots formed on individual cuttings. Spray cuttings
with anti-transpirant spray and water with seaweed. Bottom heat will
increase your success rate with cuttings that are difficult or slow to
form roots.

Use commercial propagating mix or prepare your own by combining equal
parts of either coarse washed river sand or perlite with coir peat.


Go Forth and Multiply!